Playoff Pinch Hits: Royals Spending Less Money To Win In MLB Playoffs
The Royals have the smallest payroll of the remaining MLB playoff teams. The Cardinals, Giants and Orioles all started the season with payrolls exceeding $100 million.
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The Royals have the smallest payroll of the remaining MLB playoff teams. The Cardinals, Giants and Orioles all started the season with payrolls exceeding $100 million.
Time for a deep breath. Chance to catch up on the DVR. The action starts up again Friday night when Kansas City visits Baltimore in the ALCS opener.
The Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals are both in the ALCS, with unlikely sweeps in their respective ALDS matchups.
"We're not afraid of those guys," Royals ace James Shields said Sunday night. "We're going to go out there and play our game — but obviously, we're going to worry about that tomorrow."
Nelson Cruz sliced a two-run homer for his latest big postseason hit, and the Baltimore Orioles swept aside Detroit's Cy Young Award winners to hold off the Tigers 2-1 Sunday and reach the AL Championship Series for the first time since 1997.
The Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels each find themselves in an 0-2 hole. Can either team recover?
All four League Division Series are well underway now in the 2014 MLB Playoffs, and as usual, there are plenty of surprises.
Delmon Young drove in three runs with a pinch-hit double, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tigers 7-6 Friday for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five AL Division Series.
Nelson Cruz and the Baltimore Orioles had the good fortune of avoiding Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer during the regular season.
It's down to the Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels in the American League as the Division Series begin.
It's tough to keep up with all the action in MLB. Here's your power rankings for the week ending on October 1st.
Derek Jeter put on New York's navy pinstripes for the last time Thursday night, for a game that culminated in a fairytale ending.
Derek Jeter capped his Yankee Stadium farewell with a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning, the latest storybook moment in a charmed and illustrious career, to give New York a 6-5 victory Thursday night over the Baltimore Orioles.
Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees were eliminated from postseason contention, wasting a three-run lead Thursday in a 9-5 loss to Nelson Cruz and the AL East champion Baltimore Orioles.
Joe Girardi wasn't sure what would happen if Jeter and the Yankees were rained out. "That's a great question," he said. "I'm sure it would upset a lot of people."
It's tough to keep up with all the action in MLB. Here's your power rankings for the week ending on September 24th.
Nelson Cruz hit his major league-leading 40th home run and the Baltimore Orioles pushed Derek Jeter and the Yankees to the brink of playoff elimination, beating New York 5-4.
With his team coming off its first division title in 17 years, you'd think J.J. Hardy would have more important things to worry about. But the veteran shortstop was recently posed with a scenario he just couldn't ignore.
Derek Jeter began his final series at Yankee Stadium by breaking open the game with a two-run double, and he had three RBIs to lead the New York Yankees over the Baltimore Orioles 5-0 Monday night.
It's tough to keep up with all the action in MLB. Here's your power rankings for the week ending on September 17th.
It didn't matter that David Robertson had already pitched two days in a row. The Yankees desperately needed to preserve a ninth-inning lead, and their closer insisted he was capable.
Steve Pearce doubled in a ninth-inning run and scored the game-winner on a double by Kelly Johnson as the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Sunday night to inch closer to the AL East title.
Chris Young stole home in his latest surprising September performance, and the New York Yankees beat AL East-leading Baltimore 3-2 Saturday, ending the Orioles' longest winning streak of the season at six.
Bud Norris pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Yankees 5-0 Friday night to become the first team since 2006 to sweep a doubleheader from New York.
Jimmy Paredes hit a two-run double with two outs in the 11th inning to rally the Baltimore Orioles past the New York Yankees 2-1 Friday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
It's been two years since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza and continues to reverberate across the Middle East.
County legislators voted unanimously for first responders to be trained to carry the life-saving device used to treat severe allergic reactions.
FCI Fort Dix, one of several dozen federal prisons with a residential drug treatment program, will best allow Sean "Diddy" Combs "to address drug abuse issues," his lawyer said.
The memorial in the center of campus symbolizes the people murdered by Hamas in Israel two years ago.
The mayor of New York City from 1994 until 2001 endorsed Republican Curtis Sliwa for the same position in the upcoming 2025 election.
It's been two years since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza and continues to reverberate across the Middle East.
County legislators voted unanimously for first responders to be trained to carry the life-saving device used to treat severe allergic reactions.
The memorial in the center of campus symbolizes the people murdered by Hamas in Israel two years ago.
The mayor of New York City from 1994 until 2001 endorsed Republican Curtis Sliwa for the same position in the upcoming 2025 election.
The NYPD welcomed more than 1,000 recruits into the academy over the summer. Community leaders say, however, thousands more officers are needed to keep crime down.
Kristen Hogan faces an attempted murder charge after police said she laced a bottle of wine with a toxic chemical and her partner drank it.
The October 2025 supermoon appeared in the skies over NYC, Long Island, New Jersey and beyond Monday night.
The U.S. Drought Monitor rates most of New York, northern New Jersey and Connecticut as "abnormally dry."
Rubin's personal assistant, who was arrested in a Dallas-Fort Worth area suburb, allegedly arranged for the women to fly to New York for the encounters.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning in Sullivan County, New York, amid storms in the Tri-State Area.
A neighbor broke up the fight by tackling the attacker. Police took the 40-year-old suspect into custody.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy appeared at the New Jersey airport to say the federal government shutdown is already affecting air traffic controller staffing and sick calls.
The October 2025 supermoon appeared in the skies over NYC, Long Island, New Jersey and beyond Monday night.
The multi-vehicle accident happened early this morning in the westbound lanes of Rt. 80.
Isabella Salas and her best friend, Maria Niotis, were struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding an e-bike.
It appeared an officer leading the motorcade was struck moments after pulling out of the church in Lindenhurst.
There has been a 42% surge in reports of domestic violence on Long Island since 2019.
The "DQ Sisters" say their employees are part of their family, so they were blindsided by a blizzard of claims that they were breaking the law.
Democrats were trying to get another candidate on the ballot instead, but Republicans filed a lawsuit against the change.
The U.S. Drought Monitor rates most of New York, northern New Jersey and Connecticut as "abnormally dry."
County legislators voted unanimously for first responders to be trained to carry the life-saving device used to treat severe allergic reactions.
The mayor of New York City from 1994 until 2001 endorsed Republican Curtis Sliwa for the same position in the upcoming 2025 election.
The NYPD welcomed more than 1,000 recruits into the academy over the summer. Community leaders say, however, thousands more officers are needed to keep crime down.
Sharon Edri's family started a petition begging the Israeli government not to release Jamal Al-Hur, a member of Hamas serving three life sentences.
The former governor also called into question why Mamdani maintains dual citizenship with Uganda, where he was born.
Juan Namnun, the baseball coach at Frankford High School, is in the small group of men diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
The 2-year-old facility is breaking the stigma when it comes to addressing mental illness.
With time running out to avert a government shutdown, millions of Americans who get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act could soon face sharply higher premiums.
In handwritten notes he left behind, the gunman repeatedly referenced CTE and asked for his brain to be studied.
Attorney Ben Crump represents families of those who died and is filing four wrongful death notices of claim.
FCI Fort Dix, one of several dozen federal prisons with a residential drug treatment program, will best allow Sean "Diddy" Combs "to address drug abuse issues," his lawyer said.
Five years after their influential drummer Neil Peart died of glioblastoma, the Canadian band Rush have announced a reunion tour Monday.
Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," became Spotify's most-streamed album in a single day this year. The company said it only took 11 hours to hit that mark.
Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," was released at midnight Friday. Swift wrote and produced the album with Swedish producers Max Martin and Shellback.
Thousands of "Swifties" have been flocking to a Spotify pop-up experience in Chelsea that brings the new recording to life.
Mark Sanchez was hospitalized with multiple stab wounds following a violent altercation over the weekend.
Toronto rookie right-hander Trey Yesavage mowed down the Bombers into the sixth inning of an eventual 13-7 victory on Sunday.
Spencer Rattler threw an 87-yard touchdown pass, safety Jordan Howden returned a fumble 86 yards for a score, and the Saints beat the Giants 26-14 on Sunday.
With Sunday's 37-22 loss, the Jets became the first team in NFL history to start 0-5 and have no takeaways on defense, according to ESPN Research.
The Red Bulls fall to 10-4-3 at home, while Cincinnati improves to 11-4-2 on the road.
The park's carefully designed gardens and habitats make visitors forget they're in the middle of Brooklyn.
The beloved Coney Island landmark was recognized for its role in shaping Brooklyn's heritage and identity.
The Delivering Together program offers repair kits, restrooms, language classes, and much more to support app-based delivery workers.
Neighbors along Newtown Creek say the acrid smog it regularly pumps out looks anything but clean.
As the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday, locals are fighting to preserve the city's only museum on an active military installation.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Dogs got decked out for the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City's East Village on Saturday.
Cosplayers flooded New York City's Javits Center in October 2024 for the annual New York Comic Con convention.
Tens of thousands of people flooded Manhattan streets on June 2, 2024 for the 60th annual Israel Day on Fifth Parade.
This was the first supermoon of the year. But if you missed it, there are two more coming up in November and December.
Two years later, the memory remains vivid for many, and the pain has never gone away. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook reports.
Indirect peace negotiations between Israel and Hamas are underway in Egypt, as both sides are expected to discuss President Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza. CBS News New York's Christina Fan has the latest.
CBS News New York's Christina Fan and Elijah Westbrook have the latest on the ongoing ceasefire negotiations and how families of those killed are marking the day.
CBS News New York's Tony Sadiku has the latest weather forecast.
